Combination tie-plate and anticreeper.



P. w. MOORBL COMBINATION TIE PLATE-AND ANTIGREBPER.

APP LIOATIOH FILED APR. 27, 1909.

Patented AugQS, 19.11.

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P. w. MOORE. COMBINATION TIE PLATE AND ANTIGREEPER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1909.

1,000,105. Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

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construction in after described proved combination device;

U NITED STATES r TENr OFFICE.

PHILIP W. MOORE, 0F EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, ASSI SUPPLY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

GNOR T0 RAILWAY SPECIALTY 6'1 A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION TIE-PLATE AND ANTICREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 27, 1905.

1,000.! ()5. Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 492.598.

To all whom it may concern:

- H openings each having one end rounded, as at Be it known that .l, liiimr h l\'[ooiii:, a 17, and one end squared, said openings being citizen of the United States. residing at oppositely arrangei l on the independent set:- Evanston. in the county of (look and State lions, thus allowing. in either case, each secof' Illinois, have invented a certain new and tion to move in a. direction to tighten its useful Improvement in Combination 'liegrip on the rail, but not. in the opposite di- Plates and Anticrccpers, 01 which the fol rertion. shown,-the holes are arranged lowing is a specification. for the use of a' spike, rectangular in cross The present invention relates to an imsection, and the person applying the spike proved combination. tie plate and anti will instinctively drive the spike in the creeper and its particular object is to prosquared end of the slot. Conversely, if a vide for fixedly engaging, the base of a railscrew spike is used, the location of the way rail for prevei'iting longitudinal more rounded and squared ends will be reversed. iiient andtravel thereof, as well as for elinii- \Vhcn it is desired to make a ligl'iter denati'ng lateral or sidewise movement, the device, the honey-comb arch construction illus. vice being lockcd to a railway tie or sleeper. trated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 may be employed. The invention consists in the features of As shown, the bodies of the independent and combination oi parts hereplate sections 18 and 19a-re of honey-comb formation 20, intermediate arches 21 being formed within the space. Gripping jaws 22 and claimed.

In the drawings, liigurc 1 is a perspecand 23 are formed. upon each of the independent plate sections.

tive view showing one form of this imliig. 2, a top or plan view thereof 1' Fig. 3, a side elevation In use, this combination railway tie-plate of 'one of the independent plate sections, and anti-creeper is secured to a railway tie Fig. 4, a persi'ieetive view illustrating a. in the usual manner. The interlocking modified construction; Figfifi, a top or plan view ot-the device shown in Fig. 4; Fig. ('i, a plan view of one of the plate sections shown in Figs. t and I3.

This in'ipiroved combination device, as

tongue and groove.construction, being angularly disposed with respect to the long-iti'idinal or lengthwise travel of the railway rail, will cause the device to firmly anchor itself thereto. It will be seen that should the rail illustrated, particularly in Fig. 1 eon'iprises tend to creep in directiono t arrow A (Fi n a flat base or bed plate 5, havnig; two nideit wil carry with it the section (3, while pendent sections 6. and 7-respectively. The section 7 is held from moving by the pres- .i e 1 p QPPOSI 80 as sure of spikes against the square end. of openings 14. Conversely, moving of: the rail in the opposite direction, as indicated by the arrow B carries the section '7, whilesection (3 is held from moving by pressure of spikes against the square end of, opening 9. 'llierelf'ore, the tendency of the-rail to move in either direction will cause the two sections to grip the rail base more tight y.

Although for purposes of illustration, ah

section 0 has an elongated iiitegral gripping jaw 7" formed on its upper side, the gripping jaw being ioiriiied to ,Q'rip the. top and bottom of a. rail base tightly, and adjacent said jaw along the outer side wall 8 are suitable spike o ienings t). The opposite inner side wall is .ingularly formed as at 10 and has a tongue 11. and groove 12 'toi'ined adjacent thereto. The other independent plate section 7, as shown, has an elongated intoand bottom or a rail base, and hasspike my invention contemplates the useof any openings 14t along its outer edge. The base suitable locking means capable of operating .01": this section likewise has a groove 15 and for the purposes intended.

must be varied to suit the circumstances.

a tongue 1t"), proportioned to ci'iiiperate with the other independent section. (3, the tongue 11 engaging the g oove 15 and the groove'lQ- engaging the tongue 16:

As illustratedin Fig. 2, upon the outer of thebasc or bed plate 5 are spikeopening's 9 and lirespectively, said late gr-a1 grip 'iing jaw 13 formed on its upper ii'iterlocking tongue and groove construction side and designed to tightly grip the top has been-shown, it is to be understood that other cross section 1* i a lVliat claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A: combination :tie plate and antiereepe-r; comprising separatesections, said sections having gripping jaws adapted to engage the flanges orthe rail, and means for securing the sections to the tie, spike openings adapted to permit'a longitndinal movement of one of the sections withrespeet to the other, the sections enacting, to auto matieally tightentheir. grip upon the rail the so "in" ,niovedlongitudir s D espe'et to the other, substantially ereepei 1g separate sections nniteo togeth king tongues and grooves formed ata sh it angle with respect to the longit ii an of the rail, the respective section; h fgri plng jaws and provided with elongat spil're ipeliiligs adapted to pt'l'ilill ientiofone.o'litheseetions with respect' t'o the other, the sections. co-acting in a inani'ler to automaticallytighten their grip up jtl' e 'rail when one of the sections v longitudinallj 'with respect to the sub. allyasdescribed.

' )n bn' ation. tie plate and antiseparate sections, jaws and provided n-liei opening, the see l or by i 'ite 'locking ng grip'pi n elo ngate( tions herng'united o to the longitudinal sentered through the WSIZQ ;to permit a each of the sections in g fip: on the rail when longitudinally, substantially' .l-.

. pendenfisections went j longitudinal 'ective sections elongated spike ope -lnwing one I n'di'rounded to indiope loatlo'n of'the spike, the i one section being formed o n' theopenings on the other described.

51A. combination tie plate and ant1- creeper, comprising independent sections united together by interlocking tongues and grooves to prevent longitudii'lal creeping of the rail, the IGSPCCtlVG sections having integral gripping jaws and provided with spike openings, said spike openings having one end squared and one end rounded to indicate the proper location of the spike, the spike openings on one section being formed oppositely from the openings on the other section, so that spikes may he so driven that each section may move in a direction to lighten its grip-on the rail, substantially as described.

A3. A. tie-plate niade in a plurality of coin heeled parts, one of said parts having an elongated spike holeto allow endwise move ment in clamping for ananti-eree n-i' action, substantially as described 7. A tie-plate made in a plurality of connected parts, the connection being arranged to move one part toward the other on end- Wise travel of a movable part, and an elon= gated spike hole in the movable part, sub stantially described.

8. A tie-plate made in a plurality of parts having rail clamps on each part. said parts being connected to allow endwise movement of one relative to the other, and an'enlarged spike hole on theinovahle part, substantially as described.

travel of said part relative to the other and cause an anli-crecper function, substantially as ilescribeicl..'

v PHILIP W. MOOIw. Witnesses:

l VALKnn BANNING, WM. P. Bonn. 

